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  • Subject: Re: Changing System Name
  • From: "Joe Teff" <jteff19@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 21:15:58 -0600

At a previous employer, our first AS/400 was a B60. It was in two large 
cabinets and tall. We then added an E20 which was very small and short. We 
named them C3PO (B60) and R2D2 (E20). We later replaced them with an Advanced 
Series AS/400 which was black. This machine was named Vader. The names were 
known in IS, but I don't think it was known by most of the users. The names 
were short, easy to reference and easy to remember.

Joe Teff
QDS
Bloomington, MN
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> Are we talking the name for the AS/400?  We fretted over naming our new
> 600e and finally used the same name pattern as the rest of the network. 
> Our network is Planet based... Earth is our e-mail, moon is the dial in
> Annex box, Sun is the Unix work station, Saturn is an NT box, and we named
> the AS/400 "Mars".  Made sense to us! 
> 
> But anyway my point is this:  I was surprised at the way the new AS/400
> was received after it was named.  For some non-logical reason  people have
> responded very favorably.  Now Mars has a personality and is much more
> accepted than the old beige box.  Weird.  Still, a thought to consider.  
> 
> Has anyone else given their AS/400 an official name and referred to it
> that way?  What reactions were there?  (Sometimes I worry that I imagine
> too much.)
> 
> I am reminded of someone's tagline that tells us not to give
> life-characteristics to machines because they don't like it.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Booth Martin     
> ---------------------------------------------------
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